Chapter 141 Chapter 23 Complacent and Compassionate

"Zhou Gongjin has always been a small person and cannot allow others to be stronger than himself. Now that Zhuge Liang cooperates with him, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. I think Zhou Gongjin can use Zhou Gongjin's hand to kill Zhuge Liang." Jia Xu said. "Then how to arouse Zhou Gongjin's hatred of Zhuge Liang?" Cao Mengde asked. "In Eastern Wu, Zhou Gongjin and Lu Ji have always been very good. They are classmates. When Zhuge Liang persuaded Sun Quan to send troops, he scolded Lu Ji bloody. Lu Ji must have a grudge. We can encourage Lu Ji to encourage Zhou Gongjin to find Zhuge Liang. stubble." Jia Xu said.

Cao Mengde ordered Jia Xu to handle the matter. Suddenly there was information that the Sun-Liu allied forces had entered Sanjiangkou. Cao Mengde prepared to go to Sanjiangkou to face the situation when the tactics of attacking the mind were completely hopeless. Cheng Yu said: "This water battle should be carried out slowly. We are not familiar with the waters in this area." Cao Mengde changed his previous style of being calm and good at accepting advice, and said: "Before they have time to make a detailed deployment, we can disrupt the enemy's position at once. If it takes a long time, they occupy the geographical advantage and win harmony, we will It’s not easy to clean up. The frightened bird, don’t worry about it!”

Cai Mao and Zhang Yun also said: "Jingzhou's navy did not practice too much before. When entering new waters, they should do some field drills to adapt to the water warfare here." Suggestions for the two generals.Cao Mengde was even more disapproving, saying: "Don't talk too much, both of you, I have made up my mind." Zhang Yun said: "The soldiers have just suffered from a plague, and their bodies have not yet recovered. From Jiangling to the Sanjiang Estuary, the water is turbulent. It is so bumpy and bumpy to enter the war zone. I am afraid..." Cao Mengde said: "I can't wait until the year of the monkey. If you two are afraid, you can guard Jiangling. I will lead the army to Sanjiangkou."

Seeing Cao Mengde's gloomy face, the two dared not speak more. 133 At the end of October in the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Zhou Yu had set up the headquarters of his fleet at Sanjiangkou.About fifty kilometers downstream of Hankou.On the one hand, he sent a large number of intelligence personnel to go deep into the upper reaches of the Cao army's activity area to keep abreast of Cao's movements; on the other hand, he chose the water surface near Chibi as the preset decisive battle point on the channel that Cao Cao's fleet must pass through.The drop here is large, the width of the river is about ten miles, the current speed is eight miles per hour, and there are often whirlpool waves. Therefore, the ships traveling here shake very badly, which is extremely unfavorable to Cao Jun who is not familiar with water warfare.

The two banks near Chibi are almost entirely composed of red rocks, and the water surface is choppy, which is extremely unfavorable for landing.Two hundred miles across the north bank, there is a large forest called Wulin.Zhou Yu observed in detail on the water surface and the shore in person, and then laid a net here with confidence, just waiting for the arrival of Cao Jun. Lu Ji said: "The commander's deployment is really flawless. Only Zhuge Liang can compare with you." When Zhou Yu heard this, he felt a little unhappy. He knew Zhuge Liang's name for a long time, and the heroes would fight with the Confucianists with their tongues. Sun Quan also admired him.

Lu Ji also said: "Zhuge Liang is extremely arrogant. At the meeting of heroes that day, he said that Dongwu has a radius of thousands of miles, and it is difficult to find a hero." Zhou Yu was even more furious, and said: "This man dares to speak wild words when he is just a fledgling. When Cao Jun arrives, I want to see and see." Lu Ji also said: "Liu Bei won Zhuge Liang to be able to come back from the dead. As soon as this man became an official, he burned Cao Ren in Bowang and fled. Today, although Sun Liu is a family for a while, if after defeating Cao Cao, this person assists Liu Bei, it must be Jiangdong. The hidden dangers must be eliminated.”

Lu Su said: "When the enemy is in front of us, how can we engage in internal strife? Isn't that what Cao thief wants?" Zhou Yu thought for a while, but said nothing. Lu Su said again: "Zhuge Jin is Kong Ming's elder brother, let him persuade Zhuge Liang's colleague Soochow, and wait until this vile battle is over." The next day, Zhou Yu called Zhuge Jin and said, "Your younger brother Kong Ming is the talent of Wang Zuo. Why did you feel wronged and voted for Liu Bei? Can you go to Liu Bei to persuade Kong Ming, so that the two brothers will work together in Soochow, and the lord will be very happy , Soochow’s business will surely succeed.”

Zhuge Jin said: "I have been in Jiangdong for so long and have not made any achievements. I feel deeply guilty. Since the governor ordered me to do so, do I dare not do my best?" Zhuge Jin rode his horse to see Kong Ming at the post pavilion. When brothers meet each other, they have mixed feelings, and they all become tears. Zhuge Jin cried and said, "Does my younger brother know the story of Boyi and Shuqi starving to death and refusing to eat weekly meals?" Kong Ming knew that it must be the elder brother sent by Soochow to intercede. "Who doesn't know that these two are wise people." Kong Ming replied.

"Brothers Boyi and Shuqi would rather starve to death than stay together. You and I have the same father and mother, but now we have our own way. Compared with Boyi and Shuqi, can you not be ashamed?" Kong Ming said: "What my brother said is indeed reasonable. But you and I are both Han people. Now Uncle Liu Huang is a descendant of the Han family. If my brother can help Uncle Liu Huang with me, it will be the best of both worlds." Zhuge Jin wanted to persuade Kong Ming to join Sun Quan's family, but he was speechless by Kong Ming's words, so he went to see Zhou Yu in disappointment.

134 Cao Mengde had already completed the formation work in Jiangling to attack the Jiangdong area. He organized the armies of Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, and Cheng Yu into a fleet, plus the 70,000 Jingzhou navy led by Cai Mao and Zhang Yun.In this way, the number of people who went to the theater was about 100,000. Just like what Zhang Yun said, the waters from Jiangling to Sanjiangkou are rough; Seeing this situation, Cao Mengde was very anxious.Such a state will collapse without fighting, how can we face it? Cao Mengde ordered to stop sailing and rest for a while before speaking. At this time, central China has entered winter, and a strong northwest wind blows across the river from top to bottom.Cao Mengde, Jia Xu, Cheng Yu and others went ashore to rest and think of countermeasures.Some people were left on each warship to wait, and most people disembarked to rest.

The more than ten-mile-long road along the Yangtze River is full of smoke, the weather turns fine, the sun shines on the river, golden waves shine, and the boats are neatly arranged, which is really spectacular. How to solve the problem of seasickness of the soldiers? Cao Mengde paced back and forth on the river beach.He was followed by Cheng Yu, Jia Xu and other civil servants and generals.Suddenly, he came up with a way. Cao Mengde said: "I want to connect the entire fleet with iron chains to form a huge chain ship. In this way, the sailing will be stable and seasickness can be overcome." Cheng Yu said: "Prime Minister's method can prevent the ship from shaking violently, but in case of enemy fire, what can we do?" Jia Xu also said: "In case of fire attack, we don't even have a way to escape." Cao Mengde told the two not to worry, he said: "Look!" The two followed Cao Mengde and looked up at the sky, only to see that the sky was clear and cloudless.He further explained, "Our warship is going down the current, in line with the wind direction. The enemy is downstream, and fire attacks will not help. Don't worry, both of you, just tell everyone to pay attention to the defense on both sides of the strait." Jia Xu said repeatedly: "The prime minister has a very good idea." Cheng Yu was silent.